Sweet Pineapple Chicken Quinoa Salad

A light and healthy quinoa salad tossed in a flavorful spice mix, and loaded with healthy wholesome ingredients like grilled chicken, salted pistachios, and shredded coconut!

We have been on a clean eating kick around here… (something about summer and fresh, wholesome ingredients go hand in hand – things are more simple and fresh ingredients speak for themselves) and I must say, this quinoa salad has definitely been the most glorious and protein-rich of all the dishes we have made. Honestly, if all quinoa salads were like this, eating healthy would never be an issue.

This wonderful salad definitely has the WORKS. So many textures… and so many flavors!!!

It’s meant for people, like me, who love all the fixings. Think tons of crunchy nuts, sweet dried pineapple, fluffy quinoa, flaky coconut, zesty cilantro, and spiced with dried herbs, I indulged on this for 3 days straight and it hasquickly become a favorite at our house!

We’ve made it for a potluck, served it as a side dish at a cookout, a grab-and-go lunch, and even as light dinner. And the fact that it’s so easy to make, automatically makes it taste even better!

This fresh, healthy salad is perfect when the temperature start to rise; it’s so refreshing and there’s little work involved. Hey! You could even take it to the pool for a healthy lunch while you watch your kids!

Sweet Pineapple Chicken Quinoa Salad

Yield:8 servings

Prep Time:10 mins

Cook Time:12 mins

Total Time:22 mins

A light and healthy quinoa salad tossed in a flavorful spice mix, and loaded with healthy wholesome ingredients like grilled chicken, salted pistachios, and shredded coconut!

I’m super excited to give this a try! We are trying to eat healthier this month while we get bikini ready for vacation in June. This looks perfect! I’m featuring it on my blog today as an alternative to boring chicken dinners! Thanks so much for sharing and I can’t wait to report back as to how my super picky husband liked it!

This was delicious! I used craisins instead of dried cherries since that’s what I had in the house, subbed pepitas for the pistachios because of nut allergies (still got a great crunch), and served over romaine rather than arugula. This was tasty and refreshing!

This looks insanely delicious!!!! Unfortunately I am allergic to all nuts except almonds. Trying to decide if almonds would be a weird substitution for the pistachios or if I would be better off leaving the nuts out entirely!

If you did slivered or sliced almonds, I think that would work! I might add a little bit more salt because the pistachios add some salty flavor that you might miss – but otherwise I think that would be fine!